漢字Kanji · in Human Body & People
拉: Latin, kidnap
Also: crush
N1 (our estimate)8 strokesSecondary schoolYour ink: 白 Not met
扌 carries the meaning · 立 is drawn in
8 strokes
Two readings, and the words that use each
ラra · on'yomi · in compounds
- 拉致らちtaking captive; carrying away; kidnapping
- 拉致問題らちもんだいabduction issue (esp. of those Japanese…
ひしぐhishigu · kun'yomi · on its own
- 取拉ぐとりひしぐto crush
Also read ラツ, ロウ, らっする, くだく, with no example words in our sources. Words: JMdict, EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0.
成り立ち
Where it comes from
Memory story · made up to help you remember
“Imagine a hand reaching out from the left to grab, hold, or shape the world! When you see these three strokes, think of a hand in motion.”
繋がり
Connections
Ink shades, lightest to darkest: 白 Not met, 淡 Met, 中 Learning, 濃 Familiar, 印 Mastered
Also read ラツ
1 kanji shares this on'yomiIn ChineseSame character in simplified and traditional · lā
Same form: 拉 is written the same way in mainland China (simplified) and in Taiwan and Hong Kong (traditional).
- Simplified
- 拉 mainland China, Singapore
- Traditional
- 拉 Taiwan, Hong Kong
Pinyin lā most common reading
Forms and pinyin: Unicode Unihan database (Unicode License v3). Pinyin lists the most common reading, not every reading.
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